Imported from my RateBeer account as d'Oude Maalderij Homo Beerectus 06: Malt Mentor Wheat (by d'Oude Maalderij):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

29/IV/18 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte), shared @ Arno & Meggy's place, Julia's birthday party - BB: n/a, bottled: 14/II/18 (2018-582)

Clear blond to orange beer, creamy irregular off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, grains, hay, bit spicy, yeast, some banana, little fruity. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: malty, grains, bit sweet, yeast, some banana, spicy touch, some ... coriander? Aftertaste: pretty bitter, yeasty, dry, dusty, some banana peel. Tastes more like a Tripel than a wheat ale...

Sampled @ Zythos Bier Festival 2018. A clear amber beer. Aroma of red fruits, strong red fruits. Taste of strong riped fruits, red fruits, caramel, wood.

Bottle. Clear amber color with white head. Aroma is phenolicy sugary, caramel, peach. Taste is caramel, sugary, phenolic. Oily mouthfeel with low carbonation.

On tap at M Café, Leuven. Cloudy dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of chocolate and licorice with a touch of grain. Sweetish roasted flavour with a tart touch and yeasty off-notes

At 't Apostelken, Aalst. Shared with Anke. Sixth iteration of the rather fickle Homo Beerectus series, promoted as a 'new beer' at 't Apostelken without mentioning a brewer. I should have known it was the new Homo Beerectus with the alliteration... Pours hazy yellow with a big, foamy, white head; lots of lacing. The aroma contains wheat, citrus, lemon zest, soapy coriander (but not overly so as in most Witbiers), bitter hops, some grapefruit & pineapple. It tastes light malty/fruity sweet and light to medium hoppy bitter, spicy & yeasty notes. Develops a light wheaty sourness before finishing dry, bitter, grainy and spicy, and a bit wry in its bitterness. Medium body, slick texture, lively carbonation. Both the palate and the wry, grainy bitterness reduce the drinkability of this beer, which is a shame because it could stand as an unusual Witbier.

Bottle from Dranken Geers, Oostakker. Shared with Anke.
Pours hazy dark red/amber with a small, foamy, off-white head. The aroma contains caramel, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cookie dough, red berries and red apple. It tastes medium sugary sweet but immediately backed up by a spicy bitterness. Drying, spicy and hoppy in the shortish finish; a bit metallic with lingering sugar. Medium body, slick/creamy texture, soft carbonation. A bitter Christmas ale, not that bad but a bit messy.

New tripel by Oude Maalderij, draught at Estaminet De Brouwerij, shared by Goedele. Irregularly papery lacing, moussy, snow white, stable head over a misty, deep yellow golden beer with somewhat olive greenish tinge. Aroma alas dominated by strong DMS (overcooked, sulfuric white cabbage) which largely ruins it, disturbing more flattering impressions of apricot, white bread, candied pear, young cheese, camomile, ripe banana, margarine(diacetyl, most likely) and green vegetable soup. Fruity onset, banana ester but not too much so, hints of pear and pineapple, some ripe peach, sweetish with a sourish edge, very sharp, numbing, minerally carbonation. Slick, doughy and cereally malt body, a tad soapy, even buttery which is probably due to diacetyl (unsuprisingly at this very young age); mild finish, phenolic spicy hints and floral hoppiness but soft in bitterness, followed by a vague hint of gin-like, gently warming alcohol. I do not mind diacetyl in very young beers like this (even if it is technically an error) but the DMS does bother me immensely and ruined this beer for me; without it, it would have been your average sweet-oriented Belgian tripel with a notable vegetable-soupy background factor to it so that would not have been a whole lot better, I'm afraid.

One of Oude Maalderij's older beers, a smoked stout, now with new label like the other ones in this trio of loosely religiously themed stouts. Bottle at Estaminet De Brouwerij. Pale greyish white, irregular, bubbly head lacing in streaks over a hazy, very dark chestnut brown beer, almost blackish but still translucent with a bronze hue. Aroma of dried plums, walnuts, wet toast, elderberries, damp earth and even forest floor, coffee grounds, hint of gravy and indeed a whiff of burnt wood or charcoal, but not the smoked bacon effect of smoked malt I was expecting (and hoping for). Sweetish onset, dried figs and old raisins, medium carbonated (a bit minerally), light beef stock-ish umami touch and underlying sourishness; smooth, somewhat resinous mouthfeel. Caramelly and toasted nut-like malt bittersweetishness, again with only a very, very subtle hint at smokiness, more in a burnt wood-like way than smoked meat; roasty coffeeish bitterness is more pronounced in the finish, as well as a herbal, somewhat spicy hop bitter touch and damp leaf-like yeast earthiness. Lingering caramel flavours too, as well as a dash of warming, 'jenever'-ish alcohol, but well-positioned. A bit crude and earthy for the intended style, but more importantly: why is this advertized as a smoked beer while the smoke remains nothing more than a background accent? Perhaps to reach a potentially larger audience, but I would not have minded full-fledged smokiness here. Still, a correct and enjoyable offering for sure.

The fourth in this series of barrel aged barleywines with mythological sea monster names - in this case referring to Greek mythology, no doubt the next one will be called Charybdis... Aged on Westport whisky barrels, which, if I am correctly informed, is very close or even near-identical to Glenmorangie. Draught at Estaminet De Brouwerij, shared by my girlfriend. Creamy, egg-white, slowly opening but otherwise remarkably stable, densely moussy head over a hazy orange-hued peach blonde beer. Surprisingly sweet and desserty, delicate aroma, totally different from the three previous ones: yellow raspberry candy, rosehip tea, orange water, amaretto, pancakes, lots of ripe melon and meloenjenever, vanilla-like oak, marmalade, mandarins. Sweet onset, lots of melon and guava, hint of banana, sourish apple-like undercurrent; medium carbonated with a thick vinous mouthfeel, as can be expected from a 14% ABV barleywine style ale. Somewhat soapy, caramelly malt sweet body, yellow raisin, honey liqueur and melon candy effect lingering well into the finish, where some vanilla-tinged oak accents add colour and complexity, before a very hot, sweet liqueur-like alcohol effect sets in - with a whisky flavour to it of course, but I would not have recognized it as something Glenmorangie-like if tasted blind, as it bathes in residual sweetness. Floral hop notes and some woody tannins are present as well. Wow, this is something else: I honestly wasn't impressed with Leviathan and The Kraken since both were extremely boozy and solventy, to the point where I had to pour part of them away; with that in mind, I never would have thought this fourth one would tick all the boxes... This is an intense, rather 'clean', very desserty and surprisingly elegant 'digestif' of a barleywine - and by far the greatest achievement by d'Oude Maalderij so far if you ask me. I'm looking forward to Charybdis too, now. Update: had this from a bottle a week later, and in that form, it did show a very heavy solvent- and methylated spirit-like character like Leviathan and Kraken from the bottle did... Clearly this series works better fresh from tap than from bottle, point off for the bottled version, which was, frankly, rather harsh, though still more enjoyable than Leviathan and Kraken were. This rating is to be seen as an average of both.

Jef Pirens' 100th brew, a limited edition strong ale of 100 EBC and 100 IBU and boiled for 100 minutes - interesting idea, though not necessarily resulting in a beer worthy of such a celebration... Steini bottle at Estaminet De Brouwerij (so at the brewery's own premises in Izegem). Thick, pale greyish white, creamy, stable head lacing in dots over a hazy, very dark but translucent chocolate brown beer with coppery hue, turning 'murky' and opaque with sediment. Aroma of toasted brown bread, black coffee, whisky, dried figs, elderberry juice, damp earthy, dry tree leaves, toasted walnuts, wormwood leaves, gin, wax. Dry flavour, restrained dried fig and raisin sweetishness in the onset, sourish edge, fizzy carbonation. Thick nutty and toasted malt body, more bitter than sweet, with the bitterness turning into full-blown roasted coffeeish bitterness towards the finish, amplified by the 100 IBU of resinous, herbal, peppery, leafy hop bitterness which lasts for a long time. Earthy yeast notes (especially in the end) and heating, whisky-like alcohol further fill the finish, the latter balancing on the brink of astringency. Bold, dry, very bitter and intense beer, could be regarded as a Belgian black IPA of sorts I guess, but then the idea was not to put a specific style intention upfront, but to see what happens if 100 IBU and 100 EBC are combined - so I can accept the generic "Belgian strong ale" classification here. Interesting one, and among Oude Maalderij's better brews so far.